NCDPI Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates
CHARTER SCHOOLS: DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know state graduation requirements include CPR? It’s
true! Pursuant to State Board policy GRAD-004, State Graduation Requirements,
the Future-Ready Core Course of Study includes a CPR requirement. As part of
the Health and Physical Education credit, the policy states “Students are
required to successfully complete CPR instruction to meet Healthful Living
Essential Standards as a requirement for high school graduation.” You can read
the entire State Graduation Requirements policy here.
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New OCS Data
Management System
Contact: ocs@dpi.nc.gov
The Office of Charter Schools
is very excited to announce the implementation of a new data management
platform called Epicenter which will assist with automating and
streamlining our compliance and performance processes.
Any information that you need
to submit to the Office of Charter Schools for the renewal, ready to open, and
performance framework processes will be uploaded and stored in Epicenter,
along with academic, operations, and personnel information. All schools will
transition to Epicenter later this fall and trainings will be held across the
state for users. More information to follow. Stay tuned!
Follow the Office of Charter Schools on Twitter
The Office of Charter
Schools is officially tweeting! Follow us @NCCharterOffice for news,
updates, and to see the great things happening at charter schools around the
state.
NC STAR Regional Trainings
Contact: Alessandro.Montanari@dpi.nc.gov
Federal Program Monitoring
& Support will be conducting regional NCStar Trainings. These regional
opportunities will contain both beginner trainings and Q&A sessions for
experienced users. From 8:30am – 1:00pm at each location, beginner training
will be conducted and then from 2pm-4pm Q&A sessions for experienced
users will be held.
Registration is open at www.ncstar.weebly.com. Space is limited and
registration for each site will close once site capacity is reached. Please
remember that any school identified in a federal or state list will be
required to use NCStar to create and manage their school improvement plan. Any
school that wishes to use the tool, must attend a beginner training at least
once. These are the dates and sites:
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October 19th – Sadie Saulter Educational Center at 400 Spruce
Street in Greenville
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October 23rd – Workforce Development & Continuing Education
Building at 629 Industrial Park Avenue in Asheboro
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Planning Year Sessions
for RTO
Board members from charter
schools that are opening in 2019 are required to attend 5 face-to-face
Planning Year Sessions from September to January. The school leader and
some of the board members are also required to attend the New Charter School
Leaders Institute in June. As a customer service, the Office of Charter
Schools continues to open up these sessions to all charter schools. If
you have a new school leader and/or a new board member interested in attending
any of the sessions, he or she must register to attend. Please note the
schedule below:
Date
Time
Location
Topic
October 31, 2018
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Charter School Finance
November 14, 2018
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Charter School Operations
& Accountability
December 12, 2018
8:00 - 4:30
DPI: Room 150
Meeting the Needs of All
Students
January 30, 2019
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Our School Opens in 7 Months!
Now What?
June 11 - 12, 2019
8:00 - 5:00
DPI: Rooms 150, 224, 564
New Charter School Leaders
Institute
Registration is now open for
the October session. Registration ends on Sunday, October
21st. Please use this link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/OrBieAkHvrBfPPlk2
For questions, please contact
Shaunda Cooper at shaunda.cooper@dpi.nc.gov and Stephenie Clark
at stephenie.clark@dpi.nc.gov.
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NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
Training Allotments for Tiered Behavior Support-Program Report Code (PRC) 29 Funds
Please see the attached
memorandum regarding PRC 29 funding opportunities through the Integrated
Academic and Behavior Systems (IABS).
Questions may be directed to Dr.
Amy Jablonski (amy.jablonski@dpi.nc.gov)
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Registration Open - 68th Conference on Exceptional Children:
Registration is now open for the 68th Conference on Exceptional Children.
More information is located at https://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/conferences-profdev/annual-conference.
Registration deadline is October
31 so be sure and register early.
The Exceptional Children Division looks forward to seeing everyone at the
conference!
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WEBIINAR CANCELLATION:Rights and Responsibilities for Dually Enrolled Students with Disabilities
The webinar
entitled Rights and Responsibilities for Dually Enrolled Students with
Disabilities scheduled for Friday, October 12, 2018 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM has
been cancelled. The webinar will be rescheduled for a future date. We apologize
for any inconvenience.
Please
direct any questions to Lynne.Loeser@dpi.nc.gov
or Beverly.Colwell@dpi.nc.gov.
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10/10/2018:
Changes to Tests in CECAS
Accountability has requested that the following
changes be made to certain tests in CECAS. The changes are as follows:
1. NCFE NC Math 3 will be inactivated.
2. NC Math 3 End of Course will be added.
These changes will be made on 10/22/2018. IEPs do
not need to be updated to include these changes. They may be incorporated into
an IEP when it is time for the IEP to be reviewed.
If you have any questions regarding this, please
contact your Regional Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer,
contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357, press 3 then 1 for CECAS.
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Please follow this link to access the ESL/Title III Update bit.ly/ESLupdate1018
- Growing Success for North Carolina English Learners.
Contact Mrs. Xatli Stox at xatli.stox@dpi.nc.gov
if you have any questions.
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Indicator 11 Count is Due on 10/19/2018
10/1/2018 - Indicator
11 Count is Due on 10/19/2018
Indicator 11 is now open for submissions. All test counts have been
deleted. All LEAs,
Charter schools, and State Operated Programs that completed a December 2017
child count must submit and certify Indicator 11 no later
than October 19,
2018.
Submitting the Count:
The EC Director must sign into CECAS.
Open Data Exchange folder, Open the Periodic Count folder, Click on Periodic
Count Submissions.
On the Periodic Count Submissions page, click New Submission. Fill in the drop
lists on the screen.
Click Next.
To Certify the Count:
Make sure the count status is either NO DATA or VALIDATION COMPLETED
The EC Director must sign into CECAS. Open Data Exchange folder, Open the
Periodic Count folder, Click on Periodic Count Submissions.
On the Periodic Count Submissions page, drop down the Count period Type field.
Select Indicator 11. From the count period drop list select SY 2017-18 Ind 11.
Select Region and LEA. Do
not select a FILE TYPE.
Click Search. The Certify button will appear next to the Search button.
Click Certify.
Print the next page for your records.
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact your Regional
Trainer. If you cannot reach your Regional Trainer, contact the Help Desk at
(919) 807-4357, press 3, then 1 for CECAS
KEEP EDDIE UPDATED WITH ANY SCHOOL RELATED CHANGES.
All districts need to update their information on EDDIE
The Educational Directory and Demographical Information
Exchange (EDDIE) is an online application containing LEA and
school information.The English Language Coordinator position is available for
districts and charter schools to complete in EDDIE.
These are the steps that districts and
charter schools need to take to update their staff listing.
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ARE YOU READY TO HELP
SHAPE NC STUDENTS' DIGITAL LEARNING STANDARDS?
As part of the NC
Standards Review, Revision and Implementation process, the Department of Public
Instruction is seeking your input on the current student information and
technology standards (known as ITES, Information Technology Essential
Standards) via survey. The survey may be accessed via: ncvps.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EO3ABH2pjftRVH
Thank you in advance
for taking the time to complete this survey and assisting in our evaluation of
the 2009 ITES. We value your expertise and unique perspectives on digital
teaching and learning in our state. The ITES Steering Committee will be
reviewing this data to determine if they should be revised.
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